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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1945

Page

3

Middleport Jackets to Clash With Chieftains Friday Night

Middleport High School prepares for a top league game as the Jackets host the Logan Chieftains in a pivotal SEC clash. Dad’s Night honors and a full pregame show mark the event, with Middleport aiming to upset the favored visitors and solidify lead in the standings.

Messeng Middleport Chieftains Middlefort Jackets Pomeroy Logan Bernard Krinke Ebersbach Hackett Koe Scarberry Ashley J. Bailey R. Bailey Fisher Hawley Kircher Smart Tack Magle Kinney Middleport Stadium

Boice visit spans El Salvador to Washington DC

Major Rollin R. Boice, stationed in El Salvador with a medical sanitation program, visits his family in Pomeroy and Hobson before traveling to Washington DC to confer with officials on future assignments. His wife and son Robert stay in El Salvador. Judge Fred Everts of Wellston hears a Meigs County case this week. Bill Diles arrives in Japan on Sept 25, stationed 30 miles from Tokyo with the 9th Division guarding a manufacturing area.

Pomeroy Rollin R. Boice el Salvador R. E. Boice Lester Boice Hobson Washington, D. C Robert Fred Everetts Wellston Meigs County Common Japan Bill Diles L. D. Diles Hei Tokyo

Funeral held for Mrs. Tom W. Jones in Middleport

Large attendance and many floral tributes marked the funeral at Heath Methodist Church for Mrs. Tom W. Jones. Rev. H A Rothrock led the service with interment at Riverview Cemetery and plans to erect a mausoleum.

Middleport Heath Methodist Church C. Ms Hennesy Marcelline Buell O. P. Klein Heath David J. Luther . Evans Columbus John Wendell Evans New Philadelphia and I John. Lewis Wendell Evans Holcomb Greenfield Lis County Jones Senator Jones Ember of Heath Mididleport Literary Club Woman’s Music Club Gallipolis Eastern Star Bays Hunker Alabama Lloyd Owens Oak Hill Stanley Davis Omaha Neb Ben F. Evans Lewis Luther John Everett Evans Charlotte Reese Thomas Bateman Ohio Senate Bateman Tom Reese Harry Hurn Ivan Brown Anna Mae Wemeldorff Miriam Allen Rio Grande F. H. Baumgardner St. Paul Minn E. S. Davis Morgan Evans Enoch Morgan Frank Fleming D. E. Corn Portsmouth D. £. Evans Austin Gallia County A. W. Hanshaw Ironton Harry Brunker Marietta D. McNaugton South Point James. Harley Zanesville Thelmas Lloyd Evans Oak Hill Senator

Harrisonville News Notes

Lend-a-Hand Circle met at Mrs Chase home with Lillian Jewell as devotional leader and Olivia Cottrell social leader. Refreshments served by the hostess with help from Lillian Jewell and Margaret Douglas. Tech Sgt Felix R Alkire Jr has returned home after discharge at Santa Ana. Weekend visits occurred with the Stout and Davis families. Birth announced for a son to Lee and Kate Smith Canton.

Harrisonville My Chase Lillian Jewell Olivia Cottrell Lillian Jewell Margaret Douglas Tech Felix R. Alkire, Jr Lef 15Th Air Force Santa Ana Calif Charles Dibbey Grafton - Stout John Stout Clair Waggoner Jacquelin Vincent Davis J. H., Blackwood Athans Edgar Kohler V. S. Greenler Ardey Lee. Smith Kate Wyatt Canton A. Wyatt Angle Clark Columbus Harry Plumimér

Meigs Youth Freed From Japanese Prison

Pfc. Edgar Van Inwagen, four years a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp, returns to Meigs County and plans a visit with his mother Mrs Mae Van Inwagen of Lincoln Hill at Percy Jones Hospital Battle Creek Michigan. He is recovering from the loss of a leg and recalls candy suckers bought at Frank Fugate’s store. Shirley Hannell of Fomeroy and Sandra Jean Hutton of Thomas Fork underwent tonsil operations at Dr. R E Boite’s office.

Pomerox Frank Fugate Pfc Edgar Vaninwagen United States Mae van Inwagen Lincoln Hill Percy Jones Hospital Battle Creek Mich Meigs County Corregidor Pic van Inwagen Mr. Fugate Middleport Shirley Hannell Fomeroy Sandra Jean Hutton Thomas Fork R. E. Boite

Army veteran Floyd Bahr receives honorable discharge in Ohio

Floyd Bahr, after four and a half years in the army, has received an honorable discharge and will work in Cleveland. His wife and son are already living there. Mr. Bahr was a recent visitor here.

Pomeroy Floyd Bahr Cleveland Mr. Bahr

There Ought to Be a Law A Look Back Fifty Years

A reflective column quotes 1895 debates on free speech women rights and Prohibition, noting recurring motives for calls for new laws and urging tolerance and understanding over further restrictions. The piece frames past and present urges as a pattern in Our Town.

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